Gary R. Anderson
The number of families with a child with AIDS has multiplied rapidly in the last 10 years, now numbering more than 4,500 children with AIDS and thousands more with HIV Except for the 500 children who became infected due to transfusions of blood or blood products prior to blood supply testing in 1984, a child with HIV in a family means that at least one parent in the family also has HIV/AIDS. Most children with HIV/AIDS were infected by their mothers before birth, so it is accurate and imperative to think of a family with HlV, not just an individual child with HIV/AIDS. All members of a family are profoundly affected when a child has HIV/AIDS, whether the individuals are infected or not. Consequently, services need to be planned and delivered for entire families.
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